Clinical, polysomnographic, and genetic characteristics of restless legs syndrome: A study of 133 patients diagnosed with new standard criteria

Movement Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-65

  Montplaisir, Jacques ^a,b   Boucher, Sylvie ^a,b   Poirier, Gaétan ^a   Lavigne, Gilles ^a,b   Lapierre, Odile ^a,b   Lespérance, Paul ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetics; Movement disorders; Periodic leg movements; Restless legs syndrome; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0031027378     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870120111     Document Type: Article

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